Folding stool.



No. 755,043. 'PATENTBD MAR. 22, 1904. G. w. P1KE.& P. M. ANDRUS.

FOLDING sToQL. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27. 1903 l N0 MODEL.

vwantozs 'UNITED STATES- Iatented March Y22, 1904:,

PATENT OFFICE..

GEORGE W. PIKE ANI) FRANK M ANDRUS, OF NEWBURG, OHIO.

FOLDING sTooL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of" Letters Patent N o. 755,043, dated March 22, 1904. Application liledlNovember 27, 1903. Serial o. 182,856. (No model.)

Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Stools, of which the following is a specifica-V tion.

This invention relates particularly to a folding stool designed especially vfor the use of motormen, but adapted for use inV any place where it is necessary o r desirable that a rest device be constructed so as to fold to occupy little space.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of such stools, as will be more fully apparent from the following description, claims, and the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing the position of the stool when in use. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the stool folded, and Fig. 3 is a central vertical section.

The invention comprises a rotating seat arranged upon a pedestal which is supported by folding legs having an adjustment to regulate the height of the stool.

Referring specically to the drawings, 6 indicates a seat secured upon the top end of a spider 7, having projecting therefrom a short stem 8. This stein has a tongue 9, which. ts between forks 10 on the upperI end of a post 11. The tongue has a slot 12 extending lengthwise thereof, and this slot receives a pin 13, which extends across the space between the forks at the top thereof, so that a loose joint is formed, permitting the seat to be tipped over sidewise when not in use. The tongue is reduced at its lower end, as shown at 14, and this reduced portion ts in a hole 15, made in the top of the post at the bottom of the space between the forks 10. This prevents the seat from tilting when in use.

The post 11 fits loosely within a tubular pedestal 16, these'parts being round to permit rotation. From the lower end of the post a stem 17 projects downwardly and through the closed bottom of the pedestal, where it is threaded to receive a thumb-nut 17, and coiled around the stem within the pedestal is a spring 5o `18 the tension of which may be adjusted by legs near the bottom thereof and also t a ring 23, which fits over and is freely slidable on the pedestal. Below the ring 23 is an ad- 60 justable collar 25, which serves to regulate the height of the pedestal and seat and thewxlr" spread of the legs. It is obvious that by raising or lowering the collar 25 the legs will have more or less spread. The collars 21 and 65 25 are split and fixed at adjustment by setscrews 26, which bind the same upon the pedestal.

When in use, the tongue on the stem of the spider is turned into line with the post and dropped into the socket between the forks, and the post and seat then have free rotary and vertical motion, the legs being spread in an obvious manner to broaden the base. When not in use, the legs are folded by lifting the ring 23, which draws them into substantial parallelism with the pedestal, in which position they occupy but little room on the oor, and also the seat is lifted until the reduced portion 14 ofthe tongue is clear of the socket 8O 15, when the seat may be'tilted over, so that the stool may be stood up close to a wall.

The invention, it is, believed, will be found very serviceable for motormen on street-cars, for use behind counters in stores, and in other similar situations where. a compact seat device is desired. i

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a stool, in combination, a post having a socket in its head, a tilting seat having Va slotted stem on the under side thereof movable into or out of the socket, and a' pin in the post, extending across the socket and through the slot. i

2. In a stool, the combination, of a post having forks at the upper end and a socket between the forks, L seat, a stem extending names to this specification in the presence of from the seat and having a slotted tongue ttwo subserlbing witnesses.

ting between the forks and into the socket, GEO. W. PIKE.

and a, pivot-pin extending between the forks FRANK M. ANDRUS. 5 and through the slot, permitting the seat to Witnesses:

be lifted and tilted on the pivot. J OsErH MOORE,

In testimony whereof we have signed our OLIVE A. MOORE. 

